Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Carmel Fitzpatrick (née Dempsey)
Borris Rd, Portlaoise, Laois
Fitzpatrick, Borris Road, Portlaoise, January 20th 2019, Peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Carmel, beloved wife of the late Christoper Noel...
Two Laois coaches and a Laois athlete are getting set for the upcoming Special Olympic Games in Abu Dhabi this March.
Ballybrittas man Keith Murphy is representing Team Ireland on the men's basketball squad.
Twenty-nine year old Keith is part of...
O'Loughlin's Hotel was the place to be on Friday night.
2018 was a very positive year for the Laois Ladies football teams and that was celebrated.
Meanwhile the U16 Laois side will cherish both Leinster and All-Ireland ‘B’ runners-up medals.
Paul Mulhall’s...
Heywood CS 0 Kildare Town CS 3
Midlands U-19 Division 2 Soccer League Final
As 3-0 scorelines go, this is as harsh as it gets.
Heywood Community School just couldn't find a way to put the ball in the net in this...
Cahir Healy may be out of Allianz Football League opener against Down on Saturday, having suffered suspected medial ligament damage in a challenge match against Kerry at the weekend.
It is understood that the injury is not as severe as...
'Fire alarms do save lives' says Chief Fire Officer in Laois Anthony Tynan following a fire at a well known Laois pub.
The fire at Caoch O'Leary's in Ballacolla took place in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Fire crews from...
When someone from the showbiz world dishes out praise, you know you must be doing something good.
Dubliner Mary Byrne, who reached the semi finals of the X Factor in 2010, spent the weekend in Portlaoise where she stayed with...
Politics has a way of throwing up unusual arrangements and agreements and has done so since the beginning of time.
This week, as the Portlaoise Panto gets underway for their production of Sleeping Beauty, there's an on-stage marriage that also...
Community spirit is alive and well around the county - but perhaps nowhere more so than in Durrow, where a vibrant group have been to the forefront of local community life for over two decades now.
And the Durrow Development...
This is a fascinating insight into what it is like to be an athlete who undergoes a serious surgery.
2018 was a great year for Portlaoise and Laois forward Brian Glynn.
Before last year, the last time Brian Glynn pulled on...
The Barrowhouse footballers have a new manager.
Stradbally native Billy Delaney will take the reigns for 2019 at the Kildare border club.
Delaney is also a selector with the Laois U-20 footballers and will combine his duties to fulfill this role.
He...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Richard Anderson
37 Upper Beladd, Portlaoise, Laois
Ex member of the Defence Forces. Beloved husband of Cecilia and predeceased by his brothers Martin, Michael, Liam and his sister Mary....
The opening round of rugby's Towns Cup took place around Leinster today - but it was a disappointing day for the two Laois clubs as they both went down to heavy defeats.
Portlaoise, who have lost their last two games...
Chris Lynch's Trinity College Dublin pulled off a remarkable comeback to defeat Garda College as the Fitzgibbon Cup got underway this afternoon.
The Dublin side were six points down at one stage but staged a rally to turn things around.
Portlaoise...
James Kelly's Maynooth took the final place in Round 3 of the Sigerson Cup after edging out Queen's University Belfast this afternoon.
The St Joseph's defender was named at full back and was part of a Maynooth defence that held...
We have plenty of Top Stories this week and they're mostly good news!
Its been a good week for Laois sport and players in particular with schools, colleges and local stars adding to their achievements.
From Winning streak to young inspirations,...
For this week's Moment in Time, we look back on Portlaoise Panto Group's production of 'Cinderella' in the Dunamaise Theatre.
The show marked the group's 25th annual production and their 10th annual performance in the Dunamaise theatre.
After four months of...
On this week's Property Watch, we take a look at homes in Laois currently on the market for in or around €150,000.
Four of the properties are located in Portlaoise with the other one in Portarlington.
Full details plus more images...
There is a number of jobs in Laois being advertised on LaoisToday at the moment.
Below we have listed all of the roles advertised on LaoisToday in the last two weeks. In each instance you can click through to the full job...
Twenty five year old Martin O'Reilly swapped the green fields of Killenard for green fields from further afield almost two years ago and hasn't looked back since.
The O'Dempseys man has worked as a green-keeper in America, on Le Golf...
We had plenty of entertaining games throughout the 2018 season in football, hurling, camogie and ladies football.
With the 2018 season officially coming to a close as reigning champions Portarlington took the U-21 football crown again last weekend, we took...
A Laois Agricultural Science student has been awarded a prestigious overseas travel bursary.
Andrew Mansfield from Rathdowney was among six others to receive the Agricultural Science Association professional Work Experience travel bursaries.
The bursaries are in association with Glanbia and the...
The 2018 Laois GAA season finally came to an end last Sunday when Portarlington claimed the U-21 football title for the second successive year.
It brought to an end our coverage of the 2018 season, one that started on December...
Eoin Barry, Labour Party Area Representative for the Graiguecullen Portarlington Municipal District has called for a ban on scam phone call.
He insists that phone operators must do more to protect their customers.
He said: “I am speaking with Laois residents...
Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Richard Anderson
37 Upper Beladd, Portlaoise, Laois
Ex member of the Defence Forces. Beloved husband of Cecilia and predeceased by his brothers Martin, Michael, Liam and his sister Mary....
Leading Irish protection specialist, Royal London, is calling on the Irish Government to establish a register of Wills to overhaul the current system, which it says, makes the process of locating a Will more difficult than it ought to...
There were great scenes on RTE tonight as a well-known Laois man won big on Winning Streak, spinning the wheel, winning a car and taking home a grand total of €59,000.
Jackie Doheny from Mountrath took his place alongside four...
We’re back again with our Top Tweets of the Week from all around Laois.
Beyond excited here @ScoilChriostRi1 today as our girls became Leinster Junior A Cup champions to make the double after the Senior A win on Tuesday. Congrats...
For the third year in a row, Killeshin defender Stephen Attride will be the Laois senior football captain.
Attride was first bestowed the honour in 2017 under manager Peter Creedon and when he departed at the end of that year,...
Republic of Ireland 2 Australia 0
Men's U-16 International Football Friendly
Laois teenager Colin Conroy scored a cracking goal as the Republic of Ireland U-16s defeated Australia at the FAI National Training Centre this afternoon.
Former Portlaoise AFC player Conroy was a...
